Piagets Theory in Practice

Teachers continually need to develop strategies to address the different levels of cognitive development of their students. Using Piaget’s framework, think about a concept that you would most enjoy teaching.

To start, talk about how you can teach this concept or lesson to students who are at both the concrete and formal operational stages (according to Piaget).

Answer this in your writing:

• What accommodations do you need to make for students who are more “concrete?”
• What can you do to challenge the students who are thinking more abstractly who are in the same classroom? Make sure you read the information from learning guide 3.5 (Differentiation- in files) before writing out your thoughts as differentiation strategies will likely be an approach you will use. Please refer to the readings where appropriate.

NO OUTSIDE SOURCES. ONLY USE SOURCES PROVIDED BELOW AND UPLOADED IN MATERIALS SECTION:

The following are two videos (part one and two) that include Piaget talking about his theory, and shows the kinds of experiments he used to evaluate children’s cognitive development. (There is a part 3 as well if you want to continue to watch the video)

Piaget’s Growth of Logic in the Child

It is hard to go back to the state of understanding of child and adolescent development before Piaget’s influence. In the 19th century, children were seen as small adults. Childhood, as we currently know it, is a relatively modern conception. Freud’s theories, which became known about a quarter-century before Piaget’s, depicted children as being qualitatively different from adults, but with the focus on abnormal sexual development. Piaget was the first to create a systematic, experimentally-supported, psychology of child development, with a focus on the development of logic in children and adolescents. His career spanned from 1926 until 1980, lasting more than 50 years.

What was so critical about his work? He understood, and demonstrated, that children of different ages actually construct their internal perspectives on the physical world in systematically different ways.

Also, MUST use these (2) articles within your writing please..uploaded in files area… (Piaget & Play) and (Early Brain Development)

* Make sure to answer questions completely, clear and detailed.